Improvement in horseshoes



waited gisten @wat @mira L enm Parent No. 102,121, dazed April 19,1870.`

'IMPROVEMENT :N Bonsnsnone.`

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera-Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern':

Beit known that I, J oHN HENDERSON, of Albion,

in the county of Orleans and State of New. York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement 'iu Horseshoes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a clear and .exact descriptionthereosuilcient to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertainsto fully understand and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings makiug a part of thisspecication, in whch-' Figure l represents the upper side of the shoe.

Figure 2 represents the'shoe attached to the hoof, with a portion of thehoot` broken away to show the relative position of the hoof and theshoe.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a horseshoe having itsrear ends brought together, but not attached,`and turned in toward thetoe, so as to come under and support the frog, and having beveled edgeson thetop and outside, beveled downward and outward from the innerto theouter edge, so that a line drawn down along the exterior of the 'hoof atany kpoint tothe shoe'wonld strike the beveled surface at a right angle.y

l will proceed to describe my invention.

In iig. 1 the shoe is represented as having the portions A A beveledoutward and downward at a greater or lesser angle, but always in such aplanethat aline drawn through it will form a right angle with a linedrawn down the outside of the hoof at a corresponding point. In iig. 2this is shown more clearly.

C is the hoof, a portion of which is broken away.

1 l is the line of the bevel of the shoe.

2 2 is a line Adrawn down the surface of the-hoof.

These lines cross each other at right angles.

vassist the frog.

v are vthe euds'of the shoe, which are brought tagether, and turned intoward the toe, to support and When desired, the rear. calks may heproduced by turningl the Vends B B downward. It lis well vknown that thefrog is `the most elastic portion of the horses foot; and when this isallowed lto operate as nature demands-that is, by receiving the-firstshock of the step-,the horse steps free and natura-l. In the ordinaryshoe, where an open space is left between its rear ends, no support isaforded to the frog, and the foot is elevated bythe shoe, so that thefrogdoes not rest-on the earth,

. The advantages which I claim for my shoe are, that the beveled edges AA prevent the hoof from coutracting, and the ends B B afford a supportfor the frog, which prevents lameuess,` and affords greater ease to thehorse. As the shock of the step is partly received by the frog, aswellas by the wall ofthe foot, it is absolutely necessary to protect andsupport it.

I do not desire to claim the beveled edgesA A i broadly, as they arenowsecured to nie'b'y Letters Patand outside, substantially as shown.

JOHN HENDERSON. Witnesses:

V. V. BULLOCK, L. W. BINGHAM.

